A FLEMISH ARCHER'S BRACER, of ivory, shield-shaped, curved to fit the wrist and with remains of riveted leather straps, the outer side engraved with a butterfly, a tulip, and the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, all under a shield of arms above a scroll engraved with the name 'Erasmus Arscot', both suspensded from a ribbon and flanked by the date Anno 1680 (cracked and repaired), dated 1680 | Christie's

Lot 150

150

A FLEMISH ARCHER'S BRACER, of ivory, shield-shaped, curved to fit the wrist and with remains of riveted leather straps, the outer side engraved with a butterfly, a tulip, and the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, all under a shield of arms above a scroll engraved with the name 'Erasmus Arscot', both suspensded from a ribbon and flanked by the date Anno 1680 (cracked and repaired), dated 1680

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A FLEMISH ARCHER'S BRACER, of ivory, shield-shaped, curved to fit the wrist and with remains of riveted leather straps, the outer side engraved with a butterfly, a tulip, and the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, all under a shield of arms above a scroll engraved with the name 'Erasmus Arscot', both suspensded from a ribbon and flanked by the date Anno 1680 (cracked and repaired), dated 1680
6¾in.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the guild of St. Sebastian in the Hague. For two similar bracers bearing the same arms see Catalogue de l'Exposition d'Armes et Armures Anciennes, Château de Laarne, 1968, Nos. 248-9

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